Pride Quotes

The pride connected with knowing and sensing lies like a blinding fog over the eyes and senses of men, thus deceiving them concerning the value of existence.

You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it.[À l’orgueil, ce principe de tous vices, on ne peut opposer aucuns raisonnements, puisque, par sa nature même, l’orgueilleux se refuse à les entendre…]

Where pride is insistent enough, memory prefers to give way.

The search and striving for truth and knowledge is one of the highest of man’s qualities – though often the pride is most loudly voiced by those who strive the least.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

Pride dines upon Vanity, sups on Contempt.

Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.

One s pride, if it is well founded, makes up for everything else. [L’orgueil remplace tout quand il est assis sur une large base.]

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

It’s a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself.